One More Song!

OneMoreSong Chorus (SSA) & OneMoreSong Jr. Choral Ensemble  singing ' We wish you a merry Christmas ' ( Arthur Warrell  | arr. Emily Crocker ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 25 - December 25, 2025 : “ We Wish You a Merry Christmas ” is one of the few Christmas carols that isn’t religious in origin. Its earliest roots trace back to the English West Country , likely the 16th century , where it was sung by carolers who visited weal

Vianne Dsouza  playing ' Wassail Song ' (' Here We Come A‑Carolling ') 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 21 - December 21, 2025 : “ Wassail Song ”  and “ Here We Come A‑Carolling ”  is a traditional English carol , that   represents one of England’s oldest winter traditions, ‘ wassailing ’ . It is sung while going door‑to‑door offering good wishes, blessings, and requesting small gifts or food — a practice tied to both caroling  an

Rafael Almeida  (Violin) and Larissa Rose Fernandes  (Piano) playing ' Angels we have heard on high ' (Lyrics: James Chadwick ) | Samuel Dsouza  (Piano) playing ' A child this day is born ' (Lyrics: William Sandys ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 20 - December 20, 2025 : “Angels We Have Heard on High” - The 18th‑Century “Glooooooria” Melisma courtesy the French! “ Angels We Have Heard on High ”  is originally a traditional Frenc

Shaun Sequeira & Larissa Rose Fernandes (Voice) | Aubrey Dsouza  (Piano)(Music: Irving Berlin ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 18 - December 18, 2025 : Irving Berlin  wrote “ White Christmas ” in 1942 , and Bing Crosby  first performed it publicly on Christmas Day during his NBC radio show. The official recording followed soon after, released as part of the soundtrack for the film Holiday Inn . Berlin, a Jewish immigrant from Ru

Samuel Dsouza playing ' March of the Kings ' (Music: Georges Bizet | arr. Noble Cain ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 17 - December 17, 2025 : “ March of the Kings ” (French: La Marche des Rois ) is one of the oldest, dramatic and most iconic traditional melodies, in the Christmas tradition, from medieval Provence , France.  Its origins stretch back to the 13th century , where it existed as a regional folk tune, long before it

Sonia Pereira & Larissa Rose Fernandes (Voice) | Samuel Dsouza & Adelle Lewis (Piano) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 16 - December 16, 2025 : “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly”  one of the most beloved yet misunderstood Christmas carols, was originally a Polish hymn titled “W Żłobie Leży” . “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly: The Medieval Polish Carol with a Royal Secret” It may date back to the 13th century  and with its medieval origins, i

Jeevika Siddharth Yadav playing 'Carol of the Bells' (Music: M ykola Leontovych  | Lyrics: Peter J. Wilhousky ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 15 - December 15, 2025 “Carol of the Bells” is based on the Ukrainian folk chant “ Shchedryk ” , arranged by composer Mykola Leontovych   sometime before 1916. “Shchedryk” was not originally a Christmas song at all — it was a New Year’s carol  sung to bring prosperity and good harvests.

Lael Viegas playing ' Ave Maria ' (Music: Franz Schubert ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 8 - December 8, 2025 : Schubert’s “ Ave Maria ” wasn’t originally a setting of the Catholic prayer. It was composed in 1825 as “ Ellens dritter Gesang” (Ellen’s Third Song) , part of a seven-song cycle based on Sir Walter Scott’s 1810 poem The Lady of the Lake . The original German lyrics were a translation by Adam Storck , and the song

Ethan Avner Almeida playing 'Waltz of the Flowers', 'Arabian Dance', 'Trepak' from The Nutcracker Sweets (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | arr. Dan Fox) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 4 - December 4, 2025 : “ Nutcracker Sweets ” refers to the Nutcracker Suite , a selection of eight pieces from Tchaikovsky’s full-length ballet The Nutcracker  (1892). These pieces were arranged into a concert suite that became wildly popular — often ev